PART IV
PERMITS

Sec. 30-16. Manufacturer permit. (a) A manufacturer permit shall allow the manufacture of alcoholic liquor and the storage, bottling and wholesale distribution and sale
of alcoholic liquor manufactured or bottled to permittees in this state and without the
state as may be permitted by law; but no such permit shall be granted unless the place
or the plan of the place of manufacture has received the approval of the Department of
Consumer Protection. A holder of a manufacturer permit may apply for and shall receive
an out-of-state shipper's permit for manufacturing plants and warehouse locations outside the state owned by such manufacturer or a subsidiary corporation thereof, at least
eighty-five per cent of the voting stock of which is owned by such manufacturer, to
bring into any of its plants or warehouses in the state alcoholic liquors for reprocessing,
repackaging, reshipment or sale either (1) within the state to wholesaler permittees not
owned or controlled by such manufacturer, or (2) outside the state. A holder of a manufacturer permit, except a manufacturer permit for cider, may apply for and shall receive
a wholesaler permit. The annual fee for a manufacturer permit shall be one thousand
eight hundred fifty dollars.

(b) A manufacturer permit for beer shall be in all respects the same as a manufacturer
permit, except that the scope of operations of the holder shall be limited to beer, but
shall permit the storage of beer in any part of the state. Such permit shall also authorize
the offering and tasting, on the premises of the permittee, of free samples of beer brewed
on such premises and the selling at retail from the premises of sealed bottles or other
sealed containers of such beer for consumption off the premises. The offering and tasting
shall be limited to visitors who have attended a tour of the premises of the permittee.
Such selling at retail from the premises of sealed bottles or other sealed containers shall
comply with the provisions of subsection (d) of section 30-91 and shall permit not more
than eight liters of beer to be sold to any person on any day on which such sale is
authorized under the provisions of subsection (d) of section 30-91. The annual fee for
a manufacturer permit for beer shall be one thousand dollars.

(c) A manufacturer permit for cider not exceeding six per cent alcohol by volume
and apple wine not exceeding fifteen per cent alcohol by volume shall allow (1) the
manufacture, storage, bottling and wholesale distribution and sale at retail of such cider
and apple wine to permittees and nonpermittees in this state as may be permitted by
law; but no such permit shall be issued unless the place or the plan of the place of
manufacture has received the approval of the department; and (2) the sale and shipment
by the holder of such permit of such cider and such apple wine to persons outside the
state and to consumers in this state in the same manner and subject to the same conditions
as such sale and shipment is permitted for wine by a farm winery manufacturer permittee
pursuant to subsection (e) of this section. The annual fee for a manufacturer permit for
cider shall be two hundred dollars.

(d) A manufacturer permit for apple brandy and eau-de-vie shall be in all respects
the same as a manufacturer permit, except that the scope of operations of the holder
shall be limited to apple brandy or eau-de-vie, or both. The annual fee for a manufacturer
permit for apple brandy and eau-de-vie shall be four hundred dollars.

(e) (1) A manufacturer permit for a farm winery shall be in all respects the same
as a manufacturer permit, except that the scope of operations of the holder shall be
limited to wine and brandies distilled from grape products or other fruit products, including grappa and eau-de-vie. As used in this section, "farm winery" means any place or
premises, located on a farm in the state in which wine is manufactured and sold.

(2) Such permit shall, at the single principal premises of the farm winery, authorize
(A) the sale in bulk by the holder thereof from the premises where the products are
manufactured pursuant to such permit; (B) as to a manufacturer who produces one hundred thousand gallons of wine or less per year, the sale and shipment by the holder
thereof to a retailer of wine manufactured by the farm winery permittee in the original
sealed containers of not more than fifteen gallons per container; (C) the sale and shipment
by the holder thereof of wine manufactured by the farm winery permittee to persons
outside the state; (D) the offering and tasting of free samples of such wine or brandy to
visitors and prospective retail customers for consumption on the premises of the farm
winery permittee; (E) the sale at retail from the premises of sealed bottles or other sealed
containers of such wine or brandy for consumption off the premises; (F) the sale at retail
from the premises of wine or brandy by the glass and bottle to visitors on the premises
of the farm winery permittee for consumption on the premises; and (G) subject to the
provisions of subdivision (3) of this subsection, the sale and delivery or shipment of
wine manufactured by the permittee directly to a consumer in this state. Notwithstanding
the provisions of subparagraphs (D), (E) and (F) of this subdivision, a town may, by
ordinance or zoning regulation, prohibit any such offering, tasting or selling at retail at
premises within such town for which a manufacturer permit for a farm winery has been
issued.

(3) A permittee, when selling and shipping wine directly to a consumer in this state,
shall: (A) Ensure that the shipping labels on all containers of wine shipped directly to
a consumer in this state conspicuously state the following: "CONTAINS ALCOHOL—
SIGNATURE OF A PERSON AGE 21 OR OLDER REQUIRED FOR DELIVERY";
(B) obtain the signature of a person age twenty-one or older at the address prior to
delivery, after requiring the signer to demonstrate that he or she is age twenty-one or older
by providing a valid motor vehicle operator's license or a valid identity card described in
section 1-1h; (C) not ship more than five gallons of wine in any two-month period to
any person in this state; (D) pay, to the Department of Revenue Services, all sales taxes
and alcoholic beverage taxes due under chapters 219 and 220 on sales of wine to consumers in this state, and file, with said department, all sales tax returns and alcoholic beverage
tax returns relating to such sales; (E) report to the Department of Consumer Protection
a separate and complete record of all sales and shipments to consumers in the state, on
a ledger sheet or similar form which readily presents a chronological account of such
permittee's dealings with each such consumer; (F) not ship to any address in the state
where the sale of alcoholic liquor is prohibited by local option pursuant to section 30-9; and (G) hold an in-state transporter's permit pursuant to section 30-19f or make any
such shipment through the use of a person who holds such an in-state transporter's
permit.

(4) No licensed farm winery may sell any such wine or brandy not manufactured
by such winery, except a licensed farm winery may sell from the premises wine manufactured by another farm winery located in this state.

(5) The farm winery permittee shall grow on the premises of the farm winery or on
property under the same ownership and control of said permittee or leased by the backer
of a farm winery permit or by said permittee within the farm winery's principal state
an average crop of fruit equal to not less than twenty-five per cent of the fruit used in
the manufacture of the farm winery permittee's wine. An average crop shall be defined
each year as the average yield of the farm winery permittee's two largest annual crops
out of the preceding five years, except that during the first seven years from the date of
issuance of a farm winery permit, an average crop shall be defined as three tons of grapes
for each acre of vineyard farmed by the farm winery permittee. In the event the farm
winery consists of more than one property, the aggregate acreage of the farm winery
shall not be less than five acres.

(6) A holder of a manufacturer permit for a farm winery, when advertising or offering wine for direct shipment to a consumer in this state via the Internet or any other on-line computer network, shall clearly and conspicuously state such liquor permit number
in its advertising.

(7) A holder of a manufacturer permit for a farm winery may sell wine manufactured
from such winery at a farmers' market, as defined in section 22-6r, that is operated as
a nonprofit enterprise or association, provided such farmers' market invites such holder
to sell wine at such farmers' market and such holder has a farmers' market wine sales
permit issued by the Commissioner of Consumer Protection in accordance with the
provisions of subsection (a) of section 30-37o.

(8) The annual fee for a manufacturer permit for a farm winery shall be three hundred
dollars.

(f) A manufacturer permit for a brew pub shall allow: (1) The manufacture, storage
and bottling of beer, (2) the retail sale of alcoholic liquor to be consumed on the premises
with or without the sale of food, (3) the selling at retail from the premises of sealed
bottles or other sealed containers of beer brewed on such premises for consumption off
the premises, and (4) the sale of sealed bottles or other sealed containers of beer brewed
on such premises to the holder of a wholesaler permit issued pursuant to subsection (b)
of section 30-17, provided that the holder of a manufacturer permit for a brew pub
produces at least five thousand gallons of beer on the premises annually. Such selling
at retail from the premises of sealed bottles or other sealed containers shall comply with
the provisions of subsection (d) of section 30-91 and shall permit not more than eight
liters of beer to be sold to any person on any day on which such sale is authorized under
the provisions of subsection (d) of section 30-91. The annual fee for a manufacturer
permit for a brew pub shall be three hundred dollars.

History: 1965 act added provisions in Subdiv. (1) re application by holder of manufacturer's permit for out-of-state
shipper's permit; 1967 act specified that such out-of-state shipper's permit is "to bring into any of its plants or warehouses
in the state alcoholic liquors for reprocessing, repackaging, reshipment or sale ..." rather than "for the sale of alcoholic
liquors to wholesaler permittees in this state not owned or controlled by said manufacturer"; P.A. 77-614 replaced liquor
control commission with division of liquor control within the department of business regulation, except as later specified
in P.A. 78-303, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-294 added Subdiv. (5) re manufacturer's permits for farm wineries;
P.A. 80-482 made division of liquor control an independent department and abolished the department of business regulation,
overriding provision of same act which would have placed the division within the public safety department; P.A. 87-141
amended Subdiv. (5) by clarifying that a manufacturer permit does not authorize the offering and tasting of free samples
of wine to visitors and prospective retail customers in towns which by ordinance prohibit such conduct, and eliminated
the limitation on the number of finished gallons of wine a manufacturer may produce annually; P.A. 88-97 amended Subsec.
(5) to provide that farm winery permits may be limited by local ordinance with respect to wine tastings and retail sales;
P.A. 89-181 added Subsec. (6) concerning manufacturer permit for a brew pub; P.A. 90-72 allowed holders of a permit to
sell alcoholic liquor in addition to beer; P.A. 91-353 amended Subdiv. (6) to require that the holder of a manufacturer
permit for a brew pub must produce at least 5,000 gallons of beer on the premises annually; P.A. 93-139 added the annual
fee for each manufacturer permit, defined "farm winery" in Subsec. (e) and made technical changes; P.A. 93-266 amended
Subdiv. (5) expanding a manufacturer permit for a farm winery to allow the production of brandies from grape and other
fruit products in addition to the production of wine; P.A. 95-161 amended Subsec. (b) to authorize the offering of beer to
and tasting of beer by tour attendees and amended Subsec. (f) to authorize the retail sale of beer produced on the premises
for off-premise consumption; P.A. 95-195 amended Subsec. (a) to substitute Department of Consumer Protection for
Department of Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 96-220 amended Subsec. (c) to permit the sale of apple wine
not exceeding 15% alcohol by volume, amended Subsec. (e) to permit the selling at retail of wine by the glass and bottle for
on-premise consumption and amended Subsec. (f) to delete the sunset on the retail sale of beer for off-premise consumption,
effective June 4, 1996; P.A. 98-236 amended Subsec. (d) by adding provisions re eau-de-vie, effective June 8, 1998; P.A.
02-25 amended Subsec. (e) to allow farm winery to sell wine manufactured by another farm winery located in this state;
June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 and P.A. 04-169 replaced Department of Consumer Protection with Department of Agriculture
and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-111 amended Subsec. (e) by decreasing the percentage of the
average crop of fruit required to be produced within the state, for use in the manufacture of a farm winery permittee's
wine, from 51% to 25%; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of
the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004; P.A. 05-7 made a technical change in
Subsec. (a) and amended Subsecs. (b) and (f) to include authorization to sell bottles or sealed containers at retail for off-premises consumption, effective April 19, 2005; P.A. 05-274 amended Subsec. (e) to establish Subdivs. (1) to (7) and
authorize the sale and shipment of wine manufactured by the farm winery permittee to a retailer when a farm winery
permittee produces 100,000 gallons of wine or less per year, the sale at retail from the premises of wine or brandy by the
glass and bottle to visitors on the premises of the farm winery permittee and the sale and delivery or shipment of wine
manufactured by the permittee directly to a consumer in this state, effective July 13, 2005; P.A. 06-67 amended Subsec.
(e)(5) to add provision re production of fruit on premises of farm winery or on property adjacent to and under same
ownership and control of permittee, effective May 19, 2006; P.A. 07-39 changed 60-day period to 2-month period in
Subsec. (e)(3)(C); P.A. 07-145 and 07-165 both amended Subsec. (f) by designating existing items allowed under manufacturer permit for a brew pub as Subdivs. (1), (2) and (3) and adding Subdiv. (4) allowing sale of sealed bottles or containers
of beer brewed on premises to wholesaler permittee, effective June 25, 2007; P.A. 08-187 amended Subsec. (e) to add "at
the single principal premises of the farm winery" in Subdiv. (2) and, in Subdiv. (5), to change "produce" to "grow", to
delete "adjacent to", to add "or leased by the backer of a farm winery permit", to authorize growing of fruit crop "within
the farm winery's principal state" and to require that if farm winery consists of more than one property, aggregate acreage
of the winery be not less than 5 acres, effective June 12, 2008; P.A. 09-47 amended Subsec. (c) by designating existing
provisions re activities allowed by permit as Subdiv. (1) and adding Subdiv. (2) to allow sale and shipment of cider and
apple wine in same manner and subject to same conditions as permitted for wine by a farm winery manufacturer permittee,
effective May 20, 2009; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 increased fees; P.A. 11-164 amended Subsec. (e) by adding new Subdiv.
(7) re sale of wine at farmers' markets and redesignating existing Subdiv. (7) as Subdiv. (8), effective July 1, 2011.

Sec. 30-20. Package store permit. Grocery store beer permit. (a) A package
store permit shall allow the retail sale of alcoholic liquor not to be consumed on the
premises, such sales to be made only in sealed bottles or other containers. The holder
of a package store permit may, in accordance with regulations adopted by the Department of Consumer Protection pursuant to the provisions of chapter 54, offer free samples
of alcoholic liquor for tasting on the premises, conduct demonstrations and conduct
tastings or demonstrations provided by a permittee or backer of a package store for a
nominal charge to charitable nonprofit organizations. Any offering, tasting or demonstration held on permit premises shall be conducted only during the hours a package
store is permitted to sell alcoholic liquor under section 30-91. No store operating under
a package store permit shall sell any commodity other than alcoholic liquor except
that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, such store may sell (1) cigarettes, (2)
publications, (3) bar utensils, which shall include, but need not be limited to, corkscrews,
beverage strainers, stirrers or other similar items used to consume or related to the
consumption of alcoholic liquor, (4) gift packages of alcoholic liquor shipped into the
state by a manufacturer or out-of-state shipper, which may include a nonalcoholic item
in the gift package that may be any item, except food or tobacco products, provided the
dollar value of the nonalcoholic items does not exceed the dollar value of the alcoholic
items of the package, (5) nonalcoholic beverages, (6) concentrates used in the preparation of mixed alcoholic beverages, (7) beer and wine-making kits and products related
to beer and wine-making kits, (8) ice in any form, (9) articles of clothing imprinted with
advertising related to the alcoholic liquor industry, (10) gift baskets or other containers
of alcoholic liquor, (11) multiple packages of alcoholic liquors, as defined in subdivision
(3) of section 30-1, provided in all such cases the minimum retail selling price for such
alcoholic liquor shall apply, and (12) lottery tickets authorized by the Department of
Consumer Protection, if licensed as an agent to sell such tickets by said department. A
package store permit shall also allow the taking and transmitting of orders for delivery
of such merchandise in other states. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a
package store permit shall allow the participation in any lottery ticket promotion or
giveaway sponsored by the Department of Consumer Protection. The annual fee for a
package store permit shall be five hundred thirty-five dollars.

(b) A grocery store beer permit may be granted to any grocery store and shall allow
the retail sale of beer in standard size containers not to be consumed on the premises.
A holder of a grocery store beer permit shall post in a prominent location adjacent to
the beer display, the retail price for each brand of beer and said retail price shall include
all applicable federal and state taxes including the applicable state sales taxes. The annual
fee for a grocery store beer permit shall be one hundred seventy dollars.

(c) "Grocery store" means any store commonly known as a supermarket, food store,
grocery store or delicatessen, primarily engaged in the retail sale of all sorts of canned
goods and dry goods such as tea, coffee, spices, sugar and flour, either packaged or in
bulk, with or without fresh fruits and vegetables, and with or without fresh, smoked and
prepared meats, fish and poultry, except that no store primarily engaged in the retail
sale of seafood, fruits and vegetables, candy, nuts and confectioneries, dairy products,
bakery products or eggs and poultry shall be included in the definition of "grocery store".

Sec. 30-36. Druggist permit. A druggist permit may be issued by the Department
of Consumer Protection to a drug store proprietor. No druggist permit shall be issued
covering a new drug store or a new location for an old drug store until the Commission
of Pharmacy is satisfied that a drug store at such location is necessary to the convenience
and best interest of the public. A druggist permit (1) shall allow the use of alcoholic
liquors for the compounding of prescriptions of physicians, advanced practice registered
nurses, physician assistants and dentists and for the manufacturing of all United States
Pharmacopoeia and National Formulary preparations and all other medicinal preparations, (2) shall allow the retail sale of alcoholic liquor in containers of not less than eight
ounces or one hundred eighty-seven and one-half milliliters and not more than one quart
or one liter capacity except that beer may be sold in containers of not more than forty
ounces or twelve hundred milliliters capacity, to any person, and (3) shall forbid the
drinking of such alcoholic liquor on the premises of any drug store. Such permittee
shall keep all alcoholic liquors in compartments, which compartments shall be securely
locked except during those hours when the sale of alcoholic liquor is permitted by law.
The holder of a druggist permit shall not display any alcoholic liquors or containers,
marked or labeled or in any other way suggesting the contents of intoxicating liquors,
in the windows of the permit premises. The Commission of Pharmacy shall revoke or
suspend the pharmacy license of any pharmacist upon whose premises any violation of
any provision of this section occurs. The annual fee for a druggist permit shall be five
hundred thirty-five dollars.

History: 1967 act allowed compounding of dentist's prescriptions under druggist's permit; P.A. 75-259 added references
to milliliter and liters as measurements of container size; P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced liquor control commission
with division of liquor control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 made
division of liquor control an independent department and abolished the department of business regulation, overriding
provision of same act which would have placed the division within the public safety department; P.A. 81-367 eliminated
provisions re druggist permit for beer only as of May 29, 1981; P.A. 82-332 eliminated requirement that applicant have
certificate of fitness issued by pharmacy commission; P.A. 84-478 allowed holders of a druggist permit to sell beer in
containers of not more than 40 ounces or 1,200 milliliters capacity; P.A. 93-139 made technical changes and added the
annual fee for a druggist permit; P.A. 95-195 substituted Department of Consumer Protection for Department of Liquor
Control, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 96-19 expanded reference to prescriptions by physicians and dentists to include
advanced practice registered nurses and physician assistants; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 and P.A. 04-169 replaced Department of Consumer Protection with Department of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and
Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 increased fee from $400 to $500; P.A. 11-81 increased
the annual druggist permit fee from $500 to $535 and deleted "plus the sum required by section 30-66".

Sec. 30-37l. Wine festival permit. (a) A wine festival permit shall allow the holder
of a manufacturer permit for a farm winery, issued pursuant to section 30-16, to participate in a wine festival organized and sponsored by an association that promotes the
manufacturing and selling of farm wine in this state or such association's not-for-profit
subsidiary. Such association or such association's not-for-profit subsidiary shall not
organize and sponsor more than two such wine festivals in any calendar year. The Commissioner of Consumer Protection shall allow only two such wine festivals in any calendar year, regardless of the number of such farm winery permittees or such organizing
and sponsoring associations or not-for-profit subsidiaries participating in such wine
festivals.

(b) A wine festival permit shall authorize: (1) The sale and shipment of wine manufactured by the farm winery permittee and sold at such wine festival to persons outside
the state; (2) the offering and tasting of free samples of wine to visitors and prospective
retail customers for consumption on the grounds of the wine festival; (3) the sale at
retail of sealed bottles or other sealed containers of wine for consumption off the grounds
of the wine festival; and (4) the sale at retail of wine by the glass or receptacle, provided
the glass or receptacle is embossed or otherwise permanently labeled with the name and
date of the wine festival.

(c) No farm winery permittee may sell, offer or give to any person or entity wine
not manufactured by such farm winery.

(d) Only two wine festival permits may be issued per calendar year pursuant to this
section by the Commissioner of Consumer Protection to each holder of a manufacturer
permit for a farm winery. A wine festival permit shall not be effective for more than
three consecutive days per calendar year. The fee for a wine festival permit shall be
seventy-five dollars.

Sec. 30-37o. Farmers' market wine sales permit. Municipal prohibition of sale
of wine by permittee. (a) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection shall issue a
farmers' market wine sales permit to a holder of a manufacturer permit for a farm winery
upon submission of proof to the commissioner that such holder is in compliance with
the requirements of subsection (e) of section 30-16. Such permit shall authorize the sale
of wine manufactured from such farm winery during an unlimited number of appearances at a farmers' market at not more than three farmers' market locations per year
provided such holder: (1) Has an invitation from such farmers' market to sell wine at
such farmers' market, (2) only sells wine by the bottle at such farmers' markets, and
(3) is present, or has an authorized representative present, at the time of sale of any such
bottle of wine from such farm winery at such farmers' market. Any such farmers' market
wine sales permit shall be valid for a period of one year from the date of issuance. The
annual fee for a farmers' market wine sales permit shall be two hundred fifty dollars.
There shall be a one-hundred-dollar, nonrefundable filing fee for any such permit.

(b) Any town or municipality may, by ordinance or zoning regulation, prohibit the
sale of wine by the holder of a farmers' market wine sales permit at a farmers' market
held in such town or municipality.

Sec. 30-37p. Gift basket retailer permit. (a) A gift basket retailer permit shall
allow the retail sale of wine included in a gift basket sold at retail by the permit holder.
Such wine shall not be consumed on the premises. Such permit holder shall be located
in this state and such wine shall only be purchased by such permit holder from the holder
of a package store permit issued pursuant to section 30-20 or the holder of a manufacturer
permit for a farm winery issued pursuant to subsection (e) of section 30-16.

(b) The holder of a gift basket retailer permit may sell gift baskets which may include
(1) a maximum of four bottles of wine per basket, (2) food items, (3) nonalcoholic
beverages, (4) concentrates used in the preparation of mixed alcoholic beverages, (5)
wine-making kits and products related to wine-making kits, (6) ice in any form, (7)
articles of clothing imprinted with advertising related to the alcoholic liquor industry
or the permittee's gift basket business, (8) flowers, plants and garden-related items,
(9) drinking glasses, bottle opening devices and literature related to wine, or (10) gift
certificates. The sale of such gift baskets shall only take place during the times permitted
for the sale of alcoholic liquor in places operating under package store permits pursuant
to section 30-91. The holder of a gift basket retailer permit shall not sell such gift baskets
on premises operating under any other permit issued pursuant to this title. Nothing in
this section shall prohibit the holder of a package store permit issued pursuant to section
30-20 from selling any item permitted for sale by such permittee pursuant to said section.

(c) The annual fee for a gift basket retailer permit shall be two hundred dollars.

Sec. 30-37q. Sale, delivery or shipment of gift baskets containing wine. Requirements. Audit. Advertising. Regulations. (a) A gift basket retailer permit issued
in accordance with section 30-37p shall allow the sale and delivery or shipment of gift
baskets containing wine directly to a consumer in this state, subject to the provisions
of section 30-37p and this section, or to a consumer outside of this state, subject to all
applicable laws of the jurisdiction in which such consumer outside of this state is located.
Such permittee, when selling and shipping gift baskets containing wine directly to a
consumer in this state, shall: (1) Ensure that the shipping labels on all gift baskets containing wine shipped directly to a consumer in this state conspicuously state the following: "CONTAINS ALCOHOL—SIGNATURE OF A PERSON AGE 21 OR OLDER
REQUIRED FOR DELIVERY"; (2) obtain the signature of a person age twenty-one
or older at the address prior to delivery, after requiring the signer to demonstrate that
he or she is age twenty-one or older by providing a valid motor vehicle operator's license
or a valid identity card described in section 1-1h; (3) obtain a seller's permit pursuant
to chapter 219 and pay to the Department of Revenue Services all sales taxes as required
under said chapter 219 on sales of gift baskets; (4) report to the Department of Consumer
Protection a separate and complete record of all sales and shipments to consumers in
the state, on a ledger sheet or similar form which readily presents a chronological account
of such permittee's dealings with each such consumer; (5) permit the Department of
Consumer Protection and the Department of Revenue Services, separately or jointly, to
perform an audit of the permittee's records upon request; and (6) not ship to any address
in the state where the sale of alcoholic liquor is prohibited by local option pursuant to
section 30-9.

(b) A holder of a gift basket retailer permit, when advertising or offering wine for
direct shipment to a consumer in this or another state via the Internet or any other on-line computer network, shall clearly and conspicuously state its gift basket retailer permit
number in its advertising.

(c) The Department of Consumer Protection, in consultation with the Department
of Revenue Services, may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to assure compliance with the provisions of subsection (a) of this section.

(b) (1) Any person desiring a liquor permit or a renewal of such a permit shall make
a sworn application therefor to the Department of Consumer Protection upon forms to
be furnished by the department, showing the name and address of the applicant and of
the applicant's backer, if any, the location of the club or place of business which is to
be operated under such permit and a financial statement setting forth all elements and
details of any business transactions connected with the application. Such application
shall include a detailed description of the type of live entertainment that is to be provided.
A club or place of business shall be exempt from providing such detailed description if
the club or place of business (A) was issued a liquor permit prior to October 1, 1993,
and (B) has not altered the type of entertainment provided. The application shall also
indicate any crimes of which the applicant or the applicant's backer may have been
convicted. Applicants shall submit documents sufficient to establish that state and local
building, fire and zoning requirements and local ordinances concerning hours and days
of sale will be met, except that local building and zoning requirements and local ordinances concerning hours and days of sale shall not apply to any class of airport permit.
The State Fire Marshal or the marshal's certified designee shall be responsible for approving compliance with the State Fire Code at Bradley International Airport. Any
person desiring a permit provided for in section 30-33b shall file a copy of such person's
license with such application if such license was issued by the Gaming Policy Board.
The department may, at its discretion, conduct an investigation to determine whether a
permit shall be issued to an applicant.

(2) The applicant shall pay to the department a nonrefundable application fee, which
fee shall be in addition to the fees prescribed in this chapter for the permit sought. An
application fee shall not be charged for an application to renew a permit. The application
fee shall be in the amount of ten dollars for the filing of each application for a permit by
a charitable organization, including a nonprofit public television corporation, a nonprofit
golf tournament permit, a temporary permit or a special club permit; and for all other
permits in the amount of one hundred dollars for the filing of an initial application.
Any permit issued shall be valid only for the purposes and activities described in the
application.

(3) The applicant, immediately after filing an application, shall give notice thereof,
with the name and residence of the permittee, the type of permit applied for and the
location of the place of business for which such permit is to be issued and the type of
live entertainment to be provided, all in a form prescribed by the department, by publishing the same in a newspaper having a circulation in the town in which the place of
business to be operated under such permit is to be located, at least once a week for two
successive weeks, the first publication to be not more than seven days after the filing
date of the application and the last publication not more than fourteen days after the
filing date of the application. The applicant shall affix, and maintain in a legible condition
upon the outer door of the building wherein such place of business is to be located and
clearly visible from the public highway, the placard provided by the department, not
later than the day following the receipt of the placard by the applicant. If such outer
door of such premises is so far from the public highway that such placard is not clearly
visible as provided, the department shall direct a suitable method to notify the public
of such application. When an application is filed for any type of permit for a building that
has not been constructed, such applicant shall erect and maintain in a legible condition a
sign not less than six feet by four feet upon the site where such place of business is to
be located, instead of such placard upon the outer door of the building. The sign shall
set forth the type of permit applied for and the name of the proposed permittee, shall be
clearly visible from the public highway and shall be so erected not later than the day
following the receipt of the placard. Such applicant shall make a return to the department,
under oath, of compliance with the foregoing requirements, in such form as the department may determine, but the department may require any additional proof of such compliance. Upon receipt of evidence of such compliance, the department may hold a hearing
as to the suitability of the proposed location. The provisions of this subdivision shall
not apply to applications for airline permits, charitable organization permits, temporary
permits, special club permits, concession permits, military permits, railroad permits,
boat permits, warehouse permits, brokers' permits, out-of-state shippers' permits for
alcoholic liquor and out-of-state shippers' permits for beer, coliseum permits, coliseum
concession permits, special sporting facility restaurant permits, special sporting facility
employee recreational permits, special sporting facility guest permits, special sporting
facility concession permits, special sporting facility bar permits, nonprofit golf tournament permits, nonprofit public television permits and renewals. The provisions of this
subdivision regarding publication and placard display shall also be required of any applicant who seeks to amend the type of entertainment upon filing of a renewal application.

(4) In any case in which a permit has been issued to a partnership, if one or more
of the partners dies or retires, the remaining partner or partners need not file a new
application for the unexpired portion of the current permit, and no additional fee for
such unexpired portion shall be required. Notice of any such change shall be given to
the department and the permit shall be endorsed to show correct ownership. When any
partnership changes by reason of the addition of one or more persons, a new application
with new fees shall be required.

(c) Any ten persons who are at least eighteen years of age, and are residents of the
town within which the business for which the permit or renewal thereof has been applied
for, is intended to be operated, or, in the case of a manufacturer's or a wholesaler's
permit, any ten persons who are at least eighteen years of age and are residents of the
state, may file with the department, within three weeks from the last date of publication
of notice made pursuant to subdivision (3) of subsection (b) of this section for an initial
permit, and in the case of renewal of an existing permit, at least twenty-one days before
the renewal date of such permit, a remonstrance containing any objection to the suitability of such applicant or proposed place of business. Upon the filing of such remonstrance,
the department, upon written application, shall hold a hearing and shall give such notice
as it deems reasonable of the time and place at least five days before such hearing is
had. The remonstrants shall designate one or more agents for service, who shall serve
as the recipient or recipients of all notices issued by the department. At any time prior
to the issuance of a decision by the department, a remonstrance may be withdrawn by
the remonstrants or by such agent or agents acting on behalf of such remonstrants and
the department may cancel the hearing or withdraw the case. The decision of the department on such application shall be final with respect to the remonstrance.

(d) No new permit shall be issued until the foregoing provisions of subsections (a)
and (b) of this section have been complied with. Six months' or seasonal permits may
be renewed, provided the renewal application and fee shall be filed at least twenty-one
days before the reopening of the business, there is no change in the permittee, ownership
or type of permit, and the permittee or backer did not receive a rebate of the permit fee
with respect to the permit issued for the previous year.

(e) The department may renew a permit that has expired if the applicant pays to the
department a nonrefundable late fee pursuant to subsection (c) of section 21a-4, which
fee shall be in addition to the fees prescribed in this chapter for the permit applied for.
The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to one-day permits, to any permit which
is the subject of administrative or court proceedings, or where otherwise provided by law.

History: 1961 act provided procedure where permit is requested for building not yet constructed and excepted special
club permits from notice requirement; 1971 act made hearings mandatory rather than discretionary; P.A. 73-7 required
that sign denoting application for permit be erected not later than the day following receipt of placard rather than not later
than the day following the date of application, deleted requirement that hearing be held in the town where the business is
to be located and allowed renewal of six months' or seasonal permits if permittee or backer did not receive a fee rebate
for the permit issued for the previous year; P.A. 73-543 included airline permits in exception to provision requiring publication of notice of application; P.A. 73-584 required that applicant pay nonrefundable application fee for initial applications
and applications to permanently substitute the identity of the permittee; P.A. 74-10 divided section into Subsecs. and
exempted charitable organization permits and temporary permits from provision requiring payment of nonrefundable
application fee; P.A. 74-307 divided Subsec. (a) into Subdivs. (1) and (2), required that person seeking permits under Sec.
30-33b file a copy of his license with the application, moved exemptions from notice requirements to end of Subsec. (a)
and added exemptions for coliseum permits, coliseum concession permits, special sporting facility restaurant, employee
recreational, guest, concession and bar permits; P.A. 75-641 added Subsec. (a)(3) re fees when permit is issued to a
partnership; P.A. 75-642 required that initial and renewal permits for on-premise consumption require that applicant supply
names of bartender employees in Subsec. (a)(1) and made failure to supply names a ground for revocation of permit in
Subsec. (c); P.A. 76-370 removed exception for charitable organization or temporary permit application in provision
requiring payment of nonrefundable fees under Subsec. (a)(1) and imposed a $10 fee for such permits; P.A. 77-114 deleted
provision requiring payment of $30 fee for application to permanently substitute the identity of the permittee in Subsec.
(a)(1); P.A. 77-412 made $10 application fee in Subsec. (a)(1) applicable to special club permits; P.A. 77-614 and P.A.
78-303 replaced liquor control commission with division of liquor control within the department of business regulation,
effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 79-404 allowed alternative filing of copy of license issued by division of special revenue
within the department of business regulation (formerly commission on special revenue) or gaming policy board with
application for permit under Sec. 30-33b in Subsec. (a)(1); P.A. 80-482 made division of liquor control an independent
department and abolished the department of business regulation, overriding provision of same act which would have placed
the division within the public safety department and placed division of special revenue within the department of revenue
services for administrative purposes following the abolition of business regulation department; P.A. 82-332 eliminated
citizenship requirement and requirement that bartender's names be furnished to department, added requirement that statements be submitted relating to finances, convictions of crimes and compliance with local ordinances and provided that
investigations are to be made at the discretion of the department; P.A. 83-152 amended Subdiv. (a)(1) by requiring that
nonprofit public television corporations pay a $10 fee for an application; P.A. 83-514 added Subsec. (d) which allows the
department to review a permit which has expired upon payment of a nonrefundable fee of $100; P.A. 84-494 amended
Subsec. (a)(1) by exempting any class of airport permit from the provisions of local building and zoning requirements
concerning hours and days of sale and by requiring the state fire marshal to approve compliance with the state fire code
at Bradley International Airport; P.A. 85-380 amended Subsec. (a)(1) by adding nonprofit golf tournament permits to the
number of charitable permits with a fee of $10; P.A. 93-56 required applicants for liquor permits, after October 1, 1993,
to submit a detailed description of any live entertainment to be provided; P.A. 93-83 made technical changes, inserted new
Subsec. (a) defining "filing date", relettering remaining Subsecs. accordingly, and in Subsec. (c) specified the time period
for residents to file a remonstrance in cases involving initial permits and permit renewals; P.A. 93-139 made technical
changes; P.A. 95-29 amended Subsec. (b)(3) to include nonprofit golf tournament and nonprofit public television permits
in the list of exempted permits and amended Subsec. (c) to require remonstrants to designate agents for service, effective
May 16, 1995; P.A. 95-195 amended Subsec. (b)(1) to substitute Department of Consumer Protection for Department of
Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 99-194 amended Subsec. (e) to change amount of nonrefundable late fee from
$100 to the fee pursuant to Sec. 21a-4(c), that is the greater of 10% of renewal fee or $10; P.A. 03-235 amended Subsec.
(b) by making technical changes for the purpose of gender neutrality in Subdiv. (1) and adding provision in Subdiv. (3)
re applicability of publication and placard display requirements to renewal applications involving amendment of entertainment type; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 and P.A. 04-169 replaced Department of Consumer Protection with Department
of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A.
03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004;
P.A. 05-59 amended Subsec. (c) to change the deadline for the filing of a remonstrance from within three weeks from the
filing date of the application to within three weeks from the last date of publication of notice, effective June 2, 2005; P.A. 06-94 amended Subsec. (c) by specifying that persons who are at least 18 years of age and are residents may file remonstrance, by
making a technical change and by adding provision re withdrawal of remonstrance; P.A. 11-51 amended Subsec. (b)(1)
by deleting "from the Division of Special Revenue or the Gaming Policy Board" and adding "if such license was issued
by the Gaming Policy Board", effective July 1, 2011.

Sec. 30-48. Limitations of permits; exceptions. Loans. Period of credit. Resolution of credit disputes. (a) No backer or permittee of one permit class shall be a
backer or permittee of any other permit class except in the case of any class of airport,
railroad, airline and boat permits, and except that: (1) A backer of a hotel or restaurant
permit may be a backer of both such classes; (2) a holder or backer of a manufacturer
permit for a brew pub, a restaurant permit or a cafe permit may be a holder or backer
of any other or all of such classes; (3) a holder or backer of a restaurant permit may be
a holder or backer of a bowling establishment permit; (4) a backer of a restaurant permit
may be a backer of a coliseum permit or a coliseum concession permit, or both, when
such restaurant is within a coliseum; (5) a backer of a hotel permit may be a backer of
a coliseum permit or a coliseum concession permit, or both; (6) a backer of a coliseum
permit may be a backer of a coliseum concession permit; (7) a backer of a coliseum
concession permit may be a backer of a coliseum permit; (8) a backer of a grocery store
beer permit may be a backer of a package store permit if such was the case on or before
May 1, 1996; (9) a backer of a university permit may be a backer of a nonprofit theater
permit; (10) subject to the discretion of the department, a backer of a permit provided
for in section 30-33b, may be a backer of any other retail on-premise consumption
permit, including those permits provided for in section 30-33b; (11) a backer of a nonprofit theater permit may be a holder or backer of a hotel permit; (12) a holder or backer
of a restaurant permit may be a holder or backer of a special outing facility permit; (13)
a backer of a concession permit may be a backer of a coliseum permit or a coliseum
concession permit, or both; (14) a holder of an out-of-state winery shipper's permit for
wine may be a holder of an in-state transporter's permit or an out-of-state entity wine
festival permit issued pursuant to section 30-37m, or of both such permits; (15) a holder
of an out-of-state shipper's permit for alcoholic liquor other than beer may be a holder
of an in-state transporter's permit; and (16) a holder of a manufacturer's permit for a
farm winery may be a holder of an in-state transporter's permit, a wine festival permit
issued pursuant to section 30-37l, a farmers' market wine sales permit issued pursuant
to subsection (a) of section 30-37o or of any combination of such permits. Any person
may be a permittee of more than one permit. A person may be a permittee under a permit
provided for in section 30-33b and a backer of any other retail on-premise consumption
permit, including those permits provided for in section 30-33b. The operator of a racing
or jai alai exhibition with pari-mutuel betting licensed by the Gaming Policy Board may
be a backer of any permit provided for in section 30-33b. No holder of a manufacturer
permit for a brew pub and no spouse or child of such holder may be a holder or backer
of more than three restaurant permits or cafe permits.

(b) No permittee or backer thereof and no employee or agent of such permittee or
backer shall borrow money or receive credit in any form for a period in excess of thirty
days, directly or indirectly, from any manufacturer permittee, or backer thereof, or from
any wholesaler permittee, or backer thereof, of alcoholic liquor or from any member of
the family of such manufacturer permittee or backer thereof or from any stockholder in
a corporation manufacturing or wholesaling such liquor, and no manufacturer permittee
or backer thereof or wholesaler permittee or backer thereof or member of the family of
either of such permittees or of any such backer, and no stockholder of a corporation
manufacturing or wholesaling such liquor shall lend money or otherwise extend credit,
directly or indirectly, to any such permittee or backer thereof or to the employee or agent
of any such permittee or backer. A wholesaler permittee or backer, or a manufacturer
permittee or backer, that has not received payment in full from a retailer permittee or
backer within thirty days after the date such credit was extended to such retailer or
backer or to an employee or agent of any such retailer or backer, shall give a written
notice of obligation to such retailer within the five days following the expiration of the
thirty-day period of credit. The notice of obligation shall state: The amount due; the
date credit was extended; the date the thirty-day period ended, and that the retailer is in
violation of this section. A retailer who disputes the accuracy of the "notice of obligation"
shall, within the ten days following the expiration of the thirty-day period of credit, give
a written response to notice of obligation to the department and give a copy to the
wholesaler or manufacturer who sent the notice. The response shall state the retailer's
basis for dispute and the amount, if any, admitted to be owed for more than thirty days;
the copy forwarded to the wholesaler or manufacturer shall be accompanied by the
amount admitted to be due, if any, and such payment shall be made and received without
prejudice to the rights of either party in any civil action. Upon receipt of the retailer's
response, the chairman of the commission or such chairman's designee shall conduct
an informal hearing with the parties being given equal opportunity to appear and be
heard. If the chairman or such chairman's designee determines that the notice of obligation is accurate, the department shall forthwith issue an order directing the wholesaler
or manufacturer to promptly give all manufacturers and wholesalers engaged in the
business of selling alcoholic liquor to retailers in this state, a "notice of delinquency".
The notice of delinquency shall identify the delinquent retailer, and state the amount
due and the date of the expiration of the thirty-day credit period. No wholesaler or
manufacturer receiving a notice of delinquency shall extend credit by the sale of alcoholic liquor or otherwise to such delinquent retailer until after the manufacturer or wholesaler has received a "notice of satisfaction" from the sender of the notice of delinquency.
If the chairman or such chairman's designee determines that the notice of obligation is
inaccurate, the department shall forthwith issue an order prohibiting a notice of delinquency. The party for whom the determination by the chairman or such chairman's
designee was adverse, shall promptly pay to the department a part of the cost of the
proceedings as determined by the chairman or such chairman's designee, which shall
not be less than fifty dollars. The department may suspend or revoke the permit of any
permittee who, in bad faith, gives an incorrect notice of obligation, an incorrect response
to notice of obligation, or an unauthorized notice of delinquency. If the department
does not receive a response to the notice of obligation within such ten-day period, the
delinquency shall be deemed to be admitted and the wholesaler or manufacturer who
sent the notice of obligation shall, within the three days following the expiration of such
ten-day period, give a notice of delinquency to the department and to all wholesalers
and manufacturers engaged in the business of selling alcoholic liquor to retailers in this
state. A notice of delinquency identifying a retailer who does not file a response within
such ten-day period shall have the same effect as a notice of delinquency given by order
of the chairman or such chairman's designee. A wholesaler permittee or manufacturer
permittee that has given a notice of delinquency and that receives full payment for the
credit extended, shall, within three days after the date of full payment, give a notice of
satisfaction to the department and to all wholesalers and manufacturers to whom a notice
of delinquency was sent. The prohibition against extension of credit to such retailer
shall be void upon such full payment. The department may revoke or suspend any permit
for a violation of this section. An appeal from an order of revocation or suspension
issued in accordance with this section may be taken in accordance with section 30-60.

(c) If there is a proposed change or change in ownership of a retail permit premises,
no application for a permit shall be approved until the applicant files with the department
an affidavit executed by the seller of the retail permit premises stating that all obligations
of the predecessor permittee for the purchase of alcoholic liquor at such permit premises
have been paid or that such applicant did not receive direct or indirect consideration
from the predecessor permittee. If a wholesaler permittee alleges the applicant received
direct or indirect consideration from the predecessor permittee or that there remain
outstanding liquor obligations, such wholesaler permittee may file with the department
an affidavit, along with supporting documentation to establish receipt of such consideration or outstanding liquor obligations. The Commissioner of Consumer Protection, in
the commissioner's sole discretion, shall determine whether a hearing is warranted on
such allegations. The commissioner may waive the requirement of such seller's affidavit
upon finding that (1) the predecessor permittee abandoned the premises prior to the
filing of the application, and (2) such permittee did not receive any consideration, direct
or indirect, for such permittee's abandonment. For the purposes of this subsection, "consideration" means the receipt of legal tender or goods or services for the purchase of
alcoholic liquor remaining on the premises of the predecessor permittee, for which bills
remain unpaid.

(d) A permittee may file a designation of an authorized agent with the department
to issue or receive all notices or documents provided for in this section. The permittee
shall be responsible for the issuance or receipt of such notices or documents by the
agent.

(e) The period of credit permitted under this section shall be calculated as the time
elapsing between the date of receipt of the alcoholic liquors by the purchaser and the
date of full legal discharge of the purchaser through the payment of cash or its equivalent
from all indebtedness arising from the transaction except that, if the last day for payment
falls on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, the last day for payment shall then be the
next business day.

History: 1969 act permitted backer of hotel or restaurant permit to be a backer "in both such classes"; 1972 act permitted
backer of restaurant or cafe permit to be backer of both such classes; P.A. 73-533 added provisions re backers of coliseum
concession permits; P.A. 73-543 allowed backer or permittee of airline permit to be backer or permittee in other classes;
P.A. 74-307 added provisions re backers of special sporting facility permits, allowed permittees to have more than one permit
where commission determines that location of permits will allow for sufficient supervision, etc. and allowed operators of
racing or jai alai exhibitions to back permits; P.A. 75-598 allowed backer or permittee of night club permit to be backer
or permittee in other classes; P.A. 75-641 required that appeals be taken in accordance with Sec. 30-60 rather than Sec.
30-55; P.A. 77-132 allowed backer of university permit to be backer of nonprofit theater permit; P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced liquor control commission with division of liquor control within the department of business regulation,
effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 79-404 replaced commission on special revenue with gaming policy board in provision re
licensing of racing or jai alai exhibition; P.A. 80-482 made division of liquor control an independent department and
abolished the department of business regulation, overriding provision of same act which would have placed the division
within the public safety department; P.A. 82-32 permitted a person who is a holder or backer of a restaurant permit to be
a holder or backer of a bowling establishment permit; P.A. 82-332 divided section into Subsecs., eliminated provision in
Subsec. (a) concerning supervision and responsibility by permittees, established dispute resolution process for 30-day
credit violations and made suspension of license for violation optional rather than mandatory; P.A. 84-494 amended Subsec.
(a) by allowing backers or permittees of one class of permit to be a backer or permittee of any class of airport permit; P.A.
85-380 amended Subsec. (a) by eliminating reference to night club permits; P.A. 93-139 made technical changes; P.A.
95-161 amended Subsec. (a) to permit the holder or backer of a restaurant permit to be a holder or backer of a special
outing facility permit; P.A. 95-195 amended Subsec. (a) by substituting Department of Consumer Protection for Department
of Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 96-7 amended Subsec. (a) to permit a backer of a nonprofit theater permit
to be a holder or backer of a hotel permit, effective April 2, 1996; P.A. 96-220 amended Subsec. (a) to permit the backer
of a grocery store beer permit to be a backer of a package store permit if such was the case on or before May 1, 1996,
effective June 4, 1996; P.A. 97-66 amended Subsec. (a) to authorize a holder or backer of a manufacturer permit for a brew
pub, restaurant permit or cafe permit to be a holder or backer of any other or all of such classes, to provide that no holder
of a manufacturer permit for a brew pub and no spouse or child of such holder may be a holder or backer of more than
three restaurant permits or cafe permits, and to make technical changes; P.A. 98-164 added Subsec. (a)(13) authorizing
backers of concession permits to be backers of coliseum permits and coliseum concession permits; P.A. 03-34 made
technical changes for the purpose of gender neutrality in Subsec. (b), and amended Subsec. (c) to delete predecessor
permittee or backer affidavit requirement, add applicant affidavit requirement, delete department finding exception re
predecessor abandonment, add applicant affidavit language re nonreceipt of consideration, add provisions re wholesaler
permittee affidavit and re commissioner's hearing and define "consideration"; P.A. 04-9 amended Subsec. (c) by making
technical changes (Revisor's note: In 2005, a reference to "Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection" was
changed editorially by the Revisors to "Commissioner of Consumer Protection" to reflect the repeal of the merger of the
Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection by P.A. 04-189); P.A. 04-31 amended Subsec. (c) to require the
filing of an affidavit executed by the seller of the retail permit premises, and to authorize the commissioner to waive the
requirement of such seller's affidavit if the predecessor permittee abandoned the premises prior to the filing of the application, and the permittee did not receive any consideration, direct or indirect, for such permittee's abandonment; P.A. 05-274 added Subsec. (a)(14) to (16) re authorization for holders of an out-of-state winery shipper's permit, an out-of-state
shipper's permit for alcoholic liquor other than beer or a manufacturer's permit for a farm winery to also hold an in-state
transporter's permit, effective July 13, 2005; P.A. 09-47 added reference to out-of-state entity wine festival permit in
Subsec. (a)(14) and wine festival permit in Subsec. (a)(16), effective May 20, 2009; P.A. 11-164 amended Subsec. (a)(16)
by adding exemption re farmers' market wine sales permit or combination of permits and making technical changes,
effective July 1, 2011.

History: P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced liquor control commission with division of liquor control within the
department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 79-404 replaced commission on special revenue with
division of special revenue within the department of business regulation and gaming policy board as necessary; P.A. 80-482 made division of liquor control an independent department and abolished the department of business regulation,
overriding provision of same act which would have placed the division within the public safety department and placed
division of special revenue within department of revenue services following abolition of business regulation department;
P.A. 95-195 substituted Department of Consumer Protection for Department of Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995;
P.A. 02-82 replaced "shall" with "may" re suspension of permit by commissioner and made a technical change for purposes
of gender neutrality; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 and P.A. 04-169 replaced Department of Consumer Protection with
Department of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp.
Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June
1, 2004; P.A. 11-51 deleted provision re notice from Division of Special Revenue, added provision re suspension of any
permit issued under chapter, replaced reference to executive director of Division of Special Revenue with reference to
department and deleted requirement re Department of Consumer Protection notification to Division of Special Revenue,
effective July 1, 2011.

PART VII
PROHIBITED ACTS, PENALTIES AND PROCEDURE

Sec. 30-91. Hours and days of closing. Exemption. (a) The sale or the dispensing
or consumption or the presence in glasses or other receptacles suitable to permit the
consumption of alcoholic liquor by an individual in places operating under hotel permits,
restaurant permits, cafe permits, restaurant permits for catering establishments, bowling
establishment permits, racquetball facility permits, club permits, coliseum permits, coliseum concession permits, special sporting facility restaurant permits, special sporting
facility employee recreational permits, special sporting facility guest permits, special
sporting facility concession permits, special sporting facility bar permits, golf country
club permits, nonprofit public museum permits, university permits, airport restaurant
permits, airport bar permits, airport airline club permits, tavern permits, a manufacturer
permit for a brew pub, casino permits, caterer liquor permits and charitable organization
permits shall be unlawful on: (1) Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
between the hours of one o'clock a.m. and nine o'clock a.m.; (2) Saturday between the
hours of two o'clock a.m. and nine o'clock a.m.; (3) Sunday between the hours of two
o'clock a.m. and eleven o'clock a.m.; (4) Christmas, except (A) for alcoholic liquor that
is served where food is also available during the hours otherwise permitted by this
section for the day on which Christmas falls, and (B) by casino permittees at casinos,
as defined in section 30-37k; and (5) January first between the hours of three o'clock
a.m. and nine o'clock a.m., except that on any Sunday that is January first the prohibitions
of this section shall be between the hours of three o'clock a.m. and eleven o'clock a.m.

(b) Any town may, by vote of a town meeting or by ordinance, reduce the number
of hours during which sales under subsection (a) of this section, except sales pursuant
to an airport restaurant permit, airport bar permit or airport airline club permit, shall be
permissible. In all cases when a town, either by vote of a town meeting or by ordinance,
has acted on the sale of alcoholic liquor or the reduction of the number of hours when
such sale is permissible, such action shall become effective on the first day of the month
succeeding such action and no further action shall be taken until at least one year has
elapsed since the previous action was taken.

(c) Notwithstanding any provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this section, such
sale or dispensing or consumption or presence in glasses in places operating under a
bowling establishment permit shall be unlawful before two p.m. on any day, except in
that portion of the permit premises which is located in a separate room or rooms entry
to which, from the bowling lane area of the establishment, is by means of a door or
doors which shall remain closed at all times except to permit entrance and egress to and
from the lane area. Any alcoholic liquor sold or dispensed in a place operating under a
bowling establishment permit shall be served in containers such as, but not limited to,
plastic or glass. Any town may, by vote of a town meeting or by ordinance, reduce the
number of hours during which sales under this subsection shall be permissible.

(d) The sale or dispensing of alcoholic liquor in places operating under package
store permits, drug store permits, manufacturer permits for beer or grocery store beer
permits shall be unlawful on Decoration Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, New Year's Day, Sunday or Christmas or, if Independence Day, Christmas
or New Year's Day occurs on a Sunday, on the Monday next following such day except
that such sale or dispensing shall be lawful on any Independence Day occurring on a
Saturday; and such sale or dispensing of alcoholic liquor in places operating under
package store permits, drug store permits, manufacturer permits for beer and grocery
store beer permits shall be unlawful on any other day before eight o'clock a.m. and after
nine o'clock p.m. It shall be unlawful for the holder of a manufacturing permit for a
brew pub to sell beer for consumption off the premises on the days or hours prohibited
by this subsection. Any town may, by a vote of a town meeting or by ordinance, reduce
the number of hours during which such sale shall be permissible.

(e) In the case of any premises operating under a tavern permit or premises operating
under a cafe permit, wherein, under the provisions of this section, the sale of alcoholic
liquor is forbidden on certain days or hours of the day, or during the period when a
tavern permit or cafe permit is suspended, it shall likewise be unlawful to keep such
premises open to, or permit it to be occupied by, the public on such days or hours.

(f) The retail sale of wine and the tasting of free samples of wine by visitors and
prospective retail customers of a permittee holding a manufacturer permit for a farm
winery on the premises of such permittee shall be unlawful on Sunday before eleven
o'clock a.m. and after nine o'clock p.m. and on any other day before ten o'clock a.m.
and after nine o'clock p.m. Any town may, by vote of a town meeting or by ordinance,
reduce the number of hours during which sales and the tasting of free samples of wine
under this subsection shall be permissible.

(g) Notwithstanding any provision of subsection (a) of this section, food or nonalcoholic beverages may be sold, dispensed or consumed in places operating under an airport
restaurant permit, an airport bar permit or an airport airline club permit, at any time, as
allowed by agreement between the state of Connecticut and its lessees or concessionaires.

(h) The sale or the dispensing or consumption or the presence in glasses or other
receptacles suitable to permit the consumption of alcoholic liquor by an individual in
places operating under a nonprofit golf tournament permit shall be unlawful on any day
prior to eleven o'clock a.m. and after nine o'clock p.m.

(i) The tasting of free samples of beer by visitors of a permittee holding a manufacturing permit for beer on the premises of such permittee shall be unlawful on Sunday
before eleven o'clock a.m. and after eight o'clock p.m. and on any other day before ten
o'clock a.m. and after eight o'clock p.m. Nothing in this section shall be construed to
limit the right of a holder of such permit to conduct manufacturing operations at any
time. Any town may, by vote of a town meeting or ordinance, reduce the number of
hours during which the tasting and free samples of beer under this subsection shall be
permissible.

(j) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require any permittee to continue
the sale or dispensing of alcoholic liquor until the closing hour established under this
section.

(k) The retail sale of wine and the tasting of free samples of wine by visitors and
prospective retail customers of a permittee holding a wine festival permit or an out-of-state entity wine festival permit issued pursuant to section 30-37l or 30-37m shall be
unlawful on Sunday before eleven o'clock a.m. and after eight o'clock p.m., and on any
other day before ten o'clock a.m. and after eight o'clock p.m. Any town may, by vote
of a town meeting or by ordinance, reduce the number of hours during which the retail
sale of wine and the tasting of free samples of wine pursuant to this subsection shall be
permissible.

(l) The sale of wine at a farmers' market by a permittee holding a farmers' market
wine sales permit pursuant to subsection (a) of section 30-37o shall be unlawful on
Sunday and on any other day before eight o'clock a.m. and after nine o'clock p.m.,
provided such permittee shall not sell such wine at a farmers' market at any time during
such hours that the farmers' market is not open to the public. Any town may, by vote
of a town meeting or by ordinance, reduce the number of hours during which sales of
wine under this subsection shall be permissible.

History: 1961 act permitted sale of liquor after voting hours on election days in hotel, restaurant, club and tavern permit
premises; 1965 act added references to golf country club permits; 1967 acts added references to cafe permits and changed
closing time for sales under package store, package store beer, drug store, drug store beer and grocery store permits from
nine to eight o'clock p.m.; 1971 acts changed closing time for Sunday liquor sales under Subdiv. (a) from nine to eleven
o'clock p.m., added references to charitable organization permits, prohibited sales on Saturday between two o'clock a.m.
and nine o'clock a.m. and changed closing time for Sunday sales, when allowed, from one to two a.m. and prohibited sales
on Independence Day (or the following Monday, if on Sunday) and Labor Day under package store, drug store and grocery
store permits; 1972 acts added exception re elections at which not all electors may vote to prohibition of sales on election
days, added reference to university permits and deleted provision prohibiting sales on Decoration Day; P.A. 73-11 specified
that liquor may be sold on Christmas for on-premises consumption with hot meals; P.A. 73-533 added references to
coliseum and coliseum concession permits; P.A. 74-181 authorized towns to allow sale of liquor on Sunday and tavern
permit between noon and eleven o'clock p.m.; P.A. 74-307 added references to the various special sporting facility permits;
P.A. 75-598 added provision governing times and days when sales allowed under night club permits; P.A. 76-347 added
references to bowling establishment permits and specific provision regulating sales under such permits; P.A. 79-272 divided
section into Subsecs. and changed location and wording of provision granting towns power to reduce hours of operation
for clarity; P.A. 80-181 changed time of closing for sales period which began on Sunday from eleven o'clock that day to
one a.m. on Monday; P.A. 80-198 deleted provision in Subsec. (c) which had prohibited sales of liquor on election days
under tavern permit unless election is one at which not all electors may vote; P.A. 81-169 added Subsec. (e) to state the
hours during which the retail sale and tasting of free samples of wine are permissible at farm wineries and to allow towns
to shorten such hours; P.A. 81-367 eliminated references to package store beer permits and drug store beer permits and
eliminated prohibition against sales on Good Friday; P.A. 82-33 eliminated the prohibition against liquor sales on election
day, provided that liquor may be sold on the Fourth of July if it occurs on a Saturday and deleted references to "package
store beer permits" and "drug store beer permits"; P.A. 82-299 amended Subsec. (a) by adding references to catering
establishments; P.A. 83-283 amended Subsec. (a) by adding reference to racquetball facility permits; P.A. 84-494 added
a new Subsec. (f) concerning the hours of operation of premises operating under airport restaurant permits and airport bar
permits; P.A. 84-546 made technical change in Subsec. (a); P.A. 85-380 deleted provisions in Subsecs. (a) and (f) re
nightclub permits and added Subsec. (g) re hours during which liquor may be served under a nonprofit golf tournament
permit; P.A. 86-403 made technical changes; P.A. 87-321 amended Subsec. (f) by establishing hours and days of closing
for airport airline clubs and by providing that food or nonalcoholic beverages may be sold, dispensed or consumed in
places operating under any class of airport permit at any time, as allowed by agreement between the state and its lessees
or concessionaires; P.A. 89-181 amended Subsec. (c) to include brew pubs; P.A. 90-44 amended Subsec. (a) to allow lane
side service of alcohol in bowling alleys at two p.m. rather than five p.m.; P.A. 93-139 made technical changes, added a
provision to allow towns to reduce the hours of sale in all permit premises except sales pursuant to an airport restaurant
permit, airport bar permit or airport airline club permit and allowed Sunday sales in all towns; P.A. 95-161 amended Subsec.
(d) to prescribe the days and hours brew pubs could sell beer for off-premise consumption and inserted new Subsec. (i) re
on-premise consumption, relettering former Subsec. as (j); P.A. 99-159 amended Subsec. (e) to add Subdiv. indicators and
a provision in new Subdiv. (2) to allow for one year premises operating under a manufacturer permit for a brew pub in
which class III gaming takes place to remain open when the brew pub itself must be closed; P.A. 00-192 amended Subsec.
(a) to add references to casino permits and caterer liquor permits, designate existing exception in Subdiv. (4) as Subpara.
(A), substitute "where food is also available" for "with hot meals" in said Subpara. and add Subdiv. (4)(B) re casino
permittees, effective May 26, 2000 (Revisor's note: In Subdiv. (4)(B), a reference to "section 24 of this act" was deemed
by the Revisors to be a reference to definition section 76, and codified accordingly as section "30-37k", for accuracy);
P.A. 01-17 amended Subsec. (c) by deleting references to the color or transparency of drink containers for alcoholic liquor
dispensed under a bowling establishment permit; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-1 amended Subsec. (d) to change the closing
hour for sales by package stores, drug stores and grocery stores from eight o'clock p.m. to nine o'clock p.m., effective
August 16, 2003; P.A. 05-7 amended Subsec. (d) by adding references to manufacturer permits for a brew pub and manufacturer permits for beer and deleting provision re unlawful sale of beer for consumption off premises of brew pub, and
amended Subsec. (e)(1) by adding references to manufacturer permits for beer, but see entry for P.A. 05-226; P.A. 05-226
repealed section 2 of P.A. 05-7 which amended Subsecs. (d) and (e), effective July 8, 2005, amended Subsec. (d) to include
references to manufacturer permits for beer and amended Subsec. (e) to delete references to premises operating under a
manufacturer permit for a brew pub, delete Subdiv. (1) designator and delete former Subdiv. (2) re exception for premises
operating under a manufacturer permit for a brew pub in which class III gaming may be legally conducted; P.A. 05-288
made a technical change in Subsec. (g), effective July 13, 2005; P.A. 09-47 made a technical change in Subsecs. (c) and
(g) and added Subsec. (k) re wine festival permit and out-of-state entity wine festival permit, effective May 20, 2009, and
amended Subsec. (f) by changing closing hour from 8 o'clock p.m. to 9 o'clock p.m., effective July 1, 2009; P.A. 11-164
added Subsec. (l) re hours of sale of wine at farmers' market and municipal reduction of such hours, effective July 1, 2011.